W3C's Link validator

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Luke
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W3C's Link validator

Post by Luke »

Man this thing cracks me up....
Code Occurrences What to do
(N/A) 1 The link was not checked due to robots exclusion rules. Check the link manually, and see also the link checker documentation on robots exclusion.
404 1 The link is broken. Fix it NOW!

http://sierra-tech.com/images/heading34.jpg
What to do: The link is broken. Fix it NOW!
Response status code: 404
Response message: Object Not Found
Line: 283
HAHA Fix it NOW!! This is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT!!!!! How funny.
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Post by Roja »

Interesting.. I had different results..
Code Occurrences What to do
(N/A) 1 The hostname could not be resolved. This link needs to be fixed.

http://forums.example.com/
What to do: The hostname could not be resolved. This link needs to be fixed.
Response status code: (N/A)
Response message: Can't connect to forums.example.com:80 (Bad hostname 'forums.example.com')
Line: 133
I guess a DNS error is less 'immediate' than a broken link. Interesting concept.
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Post by Luke »

w3C REALLY cares about my broken links
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Post by Ambush Commander »

Hmm... I used to have a link to localhost on my page... W3C complained saying it was a broken link.
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Post by Luke »

Ambush Commander wrote:Hmm... I used to have a link to localhost on my page... W3C complained saying it was a broken link.
whiners.
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